Freud Upside Down: African American Literature and Psychoanalytic Culture

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Politics and Production of Interiority in the Messenger Magazine (1922–23) 13 2. The Anxiety of Birth in Nella Larsen’s Quicksand 39 3. Art’s Imperfect End: Race and Gurdjieff in Jean Toomer’s “Transatlantic” 60 4. “A genuine cooperation”: Richard Wright’s and Ralph Ellison’s Psychoanalytic Conversations 82 5. Maternal Anxieties and Political Desires in Adrienne Kennedy’s Dramatic Circle 110 6. Racial Sincerity and the Biracial Body in Danzy Senna’s Caucasia 132 Postscript 155 Notes 161 Bibliography 177 Index 189 ...